Chapter 371: Chapter 371: Crushing
The moment the talisman left his hand, a circular rune erupted in a blinding flash. Countless rays of light solidified and shot toward Song Wanning.
Below the stage, the disciples were so shocked they had fallen silent. Song Wanning’s move of snatching the lightning had completely stunned them.
The once-lively area around the battle stage became so quiet you could hear a pin drop. Everyone’s eyes were fixed on the stage.
At that moment, Song Wanning was blasted back by the rune. She struggled to right herself, soaring into mid-air and pointing her sword at Xu Mingyu.
The rune, meanwhile, stood erect in the very center, protecting Xu Mingyu from harm.
He clutched his shoulder and quickly swallowed an Elixir Pill. Although the bleeding stopped, his shoulder still ached terribly.
Xu Mingyu’s face was pale, but a dark aura emanated from him. He was seething with rage.
His ultimate move had instead become his opponent’s advantage. The sheer frustration was enough to kill him!
"I really underestimated you!!"
He had long since lost any notion of going easy on her; his face just stung with humiliation.
The disciples’ reactions below said it all. Whether he won or lost today, he had already lost all face.
He was a Late-stage Void Refining Cultivator, after all, yet Song Wanning had run him through with a single strike...
Sensing Xu Mingyu’s hostility, Song Wanning remained impassive. Floating in mid-air like an immortal or a goddess, she was shrouded in an aura of mystery.
"You’re just as I expected."
A simple sentence, yet it held a hidden edge.
The absolute height of arrogance!!!
Xu Mingyu’s face turned ashen in an instant, his fists cracking. "Don’t think you’re invincible just because you beat one of my moves! Just you watch how I’ll deal with you!!!"
With that, he slammed his fist onto the battle stage. Instantly, countless streams of the Power of thunder and lightning erupted from the ground around his feet, quickly forming a circle that shielded him securely in the center.
With a thought, he swung his Soft Sword again. The originally transparent blade was now completely wreathed in lightning as it shot toward Song Wanning.
’Song Wanning snatching the lightning earlier must have been a fluke,’ he thought. ’After all, she’s a fire-attribute Cultivator. How could she possibly control lightning?!’
As his mind raced, Song Wanning let out a soft laugh. ’Is he just going to keep feeding me more lightning?’
This little bit of lightning power was nothing before her Divine Thunder Seed.
So, she swung her sword once more, using the Divine Thunder Seed to draw out the lightning and redirect it back at Xu Mingyu.
History repeated itself. Xu Mingyu cursed up a storm as he flew backward again.
Luckily, he reacted quickly this time and dodged the sharp sword glint.
But... Xu Mingyu’s ear felt numb. The sword glint had grazed past him, nearly slicing his ear clean off.
Even so, just the force of the wind had scraped the skin off his ear, which was now burning painfully.
With the rune blocking her, Song Wanning’s attack missed. She looked down and began to study the rune intently.
’To defeat Xu Mingyu, breaking this rune is crucial.’
Although her Cultivation was only at the Early Stage of Void Refining, after awakening a dragon vein, creating an inner world, capturing Chaos Qi, and withstanding several Heavenly Thunder Tribulations, her strength had long since surpassed that of an ordinary Late-stage Void Refining Cultivator.
She would even dare to take on a Cultivator at the Peak of Void Refining.
After all, very few people had ever gone through such an arduous journey.
Therefore, Song Wanning was very confident she could defeat Xu Mingyu; it was only a matter of time.
But now, she had grown interested in this rune.
’This is perfect for practicing my swordsmanship!!’
A dark glint flashed in Song Wanning’s eyes as she drew her sword and slashed violently. She was still only using her Sword Dao combined with her Sword Dao Realm, without incorporating any other moves.
For a Sword Cultivator, ten thousand sword moves would ultimately merge into the one Sword Dao.
But to completely fuse and comprehend them was incredibly difficult.
However, there was so much that could be comprehended—all kinds of attributes and moves.
As long as one’s comprehension was strong enough, anything could eventually be used by the sword.
Song Wanning’s comprehension had always been good; what she lacked was time!
The burden on her shoulders was too heavy, so heavy that she had very little time to focus on her Cultivation.
With an inward sigh, her Sword Dao Realm had already collided with the rune.
Instantly, a ring of light spread rapidly outward, filling the air with the sound of tearing explosions.
Song Wanning leaped into the air, dodged the ring of light, and slashed with her sword again.
Her sudden change in focus left everyone dumbfounded.
Xu Mingyu was supposed to be her opponent in this challenge, yet now he was completely forgotten in a corner.
"Hiss—"
Many in the crowd hissed in disapproval, feeling that Song Wanning was going too far.
Xu Mingyu’s face flushed red with rage. A surge of fury rushed to his head, tinting the corners of his eyes red.
"You’ve gone too far! This is too much!!!!!"
Song Wanning was humiliating him!
In his entire life, he had never suffered such shame!
No longer able to contain his inner rage, he swung his Soft Sword and slashed at Song Wanning.
The menacing sword glint, carrying boundless fury, looked as if it could shatter space itself.
Everyone knew that Xu Mingyu was truly enraged now.
But Song Wanning merely glanced at him before casually slashing with her sword.
Unlike the Sword Dao Realm she used against the rune, this strike also contained the might of the dragon vein.
Whether it was her inner world or the dragon vein, the might they possessed was not something an ordinary person could withstand.
"BOOM—"
Her sword move bypassed the rune and went straight for Xu Mingyu.
The glint from his Soft Sword collided with it and was instantly shattered, scattering into countless specks of starlight.
He raised his sword to block but was sent flying.
Even his Soft Sword, his pride and joy, was now covered in scratches...
"BAM—"
He once again tumbled to the ground, sprawling on the floor and coughing up blood repeatedly. The impact made the entire battle stage tremble.
"Gasp—"
The disciples below all gasped, their eyes wide with disbelief, looking as if they had just seen a ghost.
The scene before them shattered their understanding of the world again and again; it was simply too shocking.
"This... Don’t tell me Song Wanning is a wolf in sheep’s clothing? Did she hide her Cultivation level?"
"Definitely. Otherwise, how could she be dominating Xu Mingyu? No matter what, Xu Mingyu is in the top fifty..."
"But Song Wanning just ascended. It’s impossible for her Cultivation to increase this fast, right?"
"Gasp, could she be the legendary genius among geniuses?"
"No wonder the Sect Master made her a True Disciple right away. It seems he knew about this all along!"
"Then what does that make Lin Hao and the others from a few days ago?"
"What does it make them? Fools, that’s what. Used as pawns without even knowing it..."
The disciples’ expressions all changed.
In addition to wariness, there was now a hint of admiration and respect.
If Song Wanning truly defeated Xu Mingyu with her Early Stage of Void Refining Cultivation, then she would be a prodigy among prodigies in the Ancient Cold Sect. With a boundless future ahead of her, they naturally wouldn’t dare to offend her.
But the disciples from the other two sects didn’t look too pleased. If this was true, they had another powerful rival to worry about and would have to report back immediately.
"PFFT—"
Xu Mingyu spat out another mouthful of dark blood, not from his injuries, but from sheer rage.
He could only watch as Song Wanning once again cast him from her mind and resumed her assault on the rune.
He was like a clown, unable to advance or retreat...
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